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adjective

divorced

CEFR B1

of someone whose marriage has been legally dissolved

In a sentence

Six example sentences with divorced, each labelled with its topic.

  • The clerk explained that divorced applicants must bring the final decree before the registry can issue a new license.

    Law

  • Census tables show that divorced adults in the region are far more likely to rent than to own.

    Economics

  • The film follows a newly divorced father learning to braid his daughter's hair before the first day of school.

    Movies

  • The study followed children of divorced parents for a decade and found the quality of contact mattered more than custody.

    Psychology

  • Henry VIII could not become a divorced man under Rome's rules, so he built a church that would allow it.

    History

  • A divorced couple must split the pension too, and the paperwork for that takes longer than the house sale.

    Finance

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